Characters at a Glance
Characters
7,297
Queer & trans, all time
Sexual Orientations
12
Distinct orientations tracked
Gender Identities
21
Distinct identities tracked
Clichés
41
Recurring character tropes
The Stories We Keep Telling
Bury Your Gays
646
characters carry the Dead cliché — that's roughly one in 11.
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Played by Queer Actors
1,768
characters are played by queer actors; 5,529 by straight or cis actors.
See the breakdownTop Clichés
41 clichés tracked
- Artist 751
- Criminal 689
- Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc) 662
- Dead Queers 646
- Scientifically Inclined 553
Top Sexual Orientations
12 orientations tracked
- Queer 141
- Not Straight 103
- Asexual 53
- Fluid 20
- Questioning 8
Top Gender Identities
21 identities tracked
- Genderfluid 36
- Cisgender (Intersex) 27
- Unknown 13
- Gender Non-conforming 11
- Trans Non-Binary 11
Statistics are updated daily.